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Fastest Growing Occupations

Fastest growing occupations: 20 occupations with the highest percent change of employment between 2019-29.

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OCCUPATION	GROWTH RATE, 2019-29	2019 MEDIAN PAY
Wind turbine service technicians	61%	$52,910 per year
Nurse practitioners	52%	$109,820 per year
Solar photovoltaic installers	51%	$44,890 per year
Occupational therapy assistants	35%	$61,510 per year
Statisticians	35%	$91,160 per year
Home health and personal care aides	34%	$25,280 per year
Physical therapist assistants	33%	$58,790 per year
Medical and health services managers	32%	$100,980 per year
Physician assistants	31%	$112,260 per year
Information security analysts	31%	$99,730 per year
Data scientists and mathematical science occupations, all other	31%	$94,280 per year
Derrick operators, oil and gas	31%	$46,990 per year
Rotary drill operators, oil and gas	27%	$54,980 per year
Roustabouts, oil and gas	25%	$38,910 per year
Speech-language pathologists	25%	$79,120 per year
Operations research analysts	25%	$84,810 per year
Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	25%	$46,240 per year
Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists	24%	$45,270 per year
Cooks, restaurant	23%	$27,790 per year
Animal caretakers	23%	$24,780 per year

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2020